North Korea Edition
World Kind Shortcut Day leads today's complete edition for North Korea.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the path through the park, the fastest counter, the better route home, and the local knowledge people share generously.
The birthday of Kim Jong Un is observed with increasing formality, though it has not yet been elevated to the status of a full national holiday like the birthdays of his father and grandfather. The day is marked by loyalty pledges, study sessions on his works, and in some years, the distribution of special rations. Portraits of Kim Jong Un are displayed more prominently, and institutions organize ideological study sessions. The cult of personality around Kim Jong Un continues to develop, with each passing year adding new epithets and honorifics to his official title.
A day for clearing the surface, finding the note, opening the notebook, and giving the workday a better beginning.
A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.
You observe West African manatees, pygmy hippopotamuses, and African forest elephants as the most distinctive wildlife native to Sierra Leone. You see that dogs, cats, chickens, and goats are commonly kept as pets throughout Sierra Leonean communities. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You appreciate Comoros cloves and vanilla as the island nation's legendary spice exports that shaped Indian Ocean trade history. You recognize these agricultural products as woven into Comorian culture and the economic foundation of island life for centuries.